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PRINCETON  : 

STELLE  &   SMITH,   PUBLISHERS   AND   BOOKSELLERS. 

1870. 


THE  GYMNASIUM. 


The  ashes  of  the  old  gymnasium  are  now  looked 
down  upon  by  its  proud  offspring.  The  demand  for  a 
new  one,  as  evinced  in  Commencement  speeches, 
College  magazines,  and  pale  students,  has  at  last 
lound  a  response.  Through  the  noble  generosity  of 
Messrs.  Robert  Bonner  and  H.  G.  Marquand,  both  of 
New  York  City,  Princeton  College  now  claims  a  gym- 
nasium unsurpassed  on  this  continent — probably  in  the 
world.  It  is  located  near  the  Observatory,  in  beautiful 
contrast,  and  on  a  line  with  it  and  Dickinson  Hall.  If 
one  of  our  excellent  college  buildings  strikes  the  be- 
holder more  than  any  other  as  being  really  handsome, 
it  is  the  new  Gymnasium.  Built  of  grey  stone,  indented 
with  arched  windows,  each  wine  of  the  edifice  havintT 
an  octagonal  tower  mounted  with  a  spire,  and  the  whole 
surmounted  with  a  handsome  slate  roof,  it  speaks  at 
once  the  honor  of  modern  architecture,  the  pride  of 
Princeton,  and  the  noble  generosity  of  its  considerate 
founders. 


The  inside  dimensions  of  the  body  of  the  building 
are  about  fifty  by  eighty  feet.  The  first  lloor  is  occu- 
pied with  five  bath-rooms,  six  bovvfing  alleys,  and  the 
laboratory.  The  second  comprises  the  gymnasium 
proper,  which,  with  a  complete  apparatus,  is  overlooked 
by  the  visitors'  gallery,  running  along  the  front  of  the 
building.  One  of  the  towers  contains  the  visitors' 
entrance  or  main  stairway  to  the  different  apartments, 
while  the  other  provides  the  students'  entrance,  and 
two  neat  rooms,  one  of  which  is  to  be  occupied  by  the 
instructor  in  gymnastics,  and  the  other  as  the  students' 
dressing  room. 

The  apparatus  has.  been  selected  by  experienced 
instructors  in  the  art,  and  care  has  been  taken  to  put 
up  the  best  pieces  only,  so  that  all  can  be  occupied  at 
one  time  without  interference  or  confusion.  Chief 
among  these  are  dumb  bells,  Indian  clubs,  parallel, 
horizontal,  and  rack  bars,  inclined  and  horizontal  lad- 
ders, rowing  and  chest  weights,  double  and  single 
trapeze,  double  rings  and  traveling  rings,  peg  and  chest 
poles,  springing  board,  ^7/c;/^/<:^  board  and  climbing  ropes. 

■professor    GEORGE    GOLDIE. 

A  Scotchman  at  the  head  of  the  physical  training,  as 
well  as  the  mental,  will  not  the  old  question  now  take 
the  new  form,  Kilts  or  j^owns  ?  Prof  Goldie  comes 
bearing  a  reputation  as  a  gymnast  and  a  teacher  of  his 
art,  unsurpassed  on  the  continent.  His  previous  con- 
nection as  an  instructor  has  been  principally  with  the 
Montreal  Gymnastic  and  the  New  York  Caledonian 
Clubs,  the  most  prominent  athletic  associations  in 
America.     From  both  he  has  received  numerous  med- 


als  and  prizes,  as  also,  in  the  athletic  amusements  in 
the  neighboring"  cities,  for  several  years  past.  From 
his  gentlemanly  bearing,  the  unqualified  recommenda- 
tions he  brings  as  an  efficient  teacher,  together  with 
his  own  excellence  as  a  gymnast,  we  are  confident  he 
is  destined  to  be  both  popular  and  efficient  in  his  in- 
struction, here.  The  remarkable  development  of  his 
own  body  should  alone  serve  as  a  stimulus,  in  showing 
how  much  may  be  acquired  by  regular  and  judicious 
practice. 

His  system  of  exercise  is  not  so  light  as  that  of  Dio 
Lewis,  nor  so  heavy  as  that  of  Dr.  Winship.  It  will  be 
his  aim  to  secure  that  particular  development  needed 
by  each  individual  in  order  to  combine  harmony  of 
body  with  that  of  mind.     ''Mens  sana  in  sano  corpord' 

OPENING    DAY. 

The  usual  fall  of  rain  introduced  the  day,  nevertheless 
the  arriving  trains  were  crowded  with  students  return- 
ing from  vacation,  many  bringing  their  friends  with 
them.     The  following  was  observed  as  the 

PROGRAMME, 

At  the  opening  of  the  College  Gymnasium,  January  13th,   1S70,  beginning  at   11 
o'clock,  A.  M. 

IN    THE   CHURCH. 

An  Address  on  the    "  Laws  of  Health,"    by  Willard  Parker,   M.D.,  of  New 
York. 

At  1.45  P.  M.,  the  procession  was  formed  in  the  following  order,  and  proceeded 
to  the  Gymnasium  : 

1.  The  7th  Regiment  Band. 

2.  The  President,  with  Messrs.  Bonner  and  Marquand,  Dr.  Parker,  Chancellor 
Green,  Trustees  and  Faculty. 

3.  Students,  according  to  classes. 

4.  Alumni. 

5.  Citizens  and  strangers. 

At  2   o'clock  P.  M.,  the  doors  were  opened.     The  procession  occupying  the 
Gymnasium  proper,  the  ladies,  the  Gallery. 


AT   THE   GYMNASIUM. 

1.  Prayer,  by  Rev.  Charl^Hodge. 

2.  Address,  by  President  McCosh. 

3.  Music  (Graffula)  and  Gymnastic  Exercises  by  Prof.   Goldie. 

4.  Address  in  behalf  of  tlie  Students,  by  Mr.  D.  R.  Sessions,  of  S.  Carolina. 

5.  Address  by  Rev.  Samuel  B.  Dod. 

6.  Thanks  to  the  Benefactors,  by  Chancellor  Green. 

7.  Music  and  Gymnastic  Exercises. 

8.  Address  by  Robert  Bonner,  Esq.,  of  New  York. 

9.  Address  by  II.  G.  Marquand,  Esq.,  New  York. 
10.  Music  and  Gymnastic  Exercises. 

At  the  appointed  hour  the  church  was  crowded, 
awaiting  the  arrival  of  Dr.  Parker.  He  having  been 
delayed,  however,  the  audience  were  favored  during 
the  interval  with  additional  selections  from  Genevieve, 
by  the  soul-stirring  Grafulla.  A  short  but  agreeable 
delay,  when  the  appearance  of  Dr.  Parker,  escorted  by 
President  McCosh  and  followed  by  Ex-President  Mac- 
lean and  other  eminent  gentlemen,  was  signified  by 
loud  applause.  Charts  for  the  illustration  of  the  lecture 
having  been  conspicuously  posted.  President  McCosh 
arose  and  introduced  him.  in  the  following  words: 

"I  take  pleasure  in  introducing  Dr.  Parker, who  opens 
our  proceedings  for  the  day  by  an  appropriate  lecture 
on  the  Laws  of  Health.  We  are  under  very  great  obli- 
gations to  the  Doctor  for  coming  here  and  speaking  to 
us  on  such  a  subject.  We  know  that  his  remarks  will 
be  characterized  by  the  highest  science  and  practical 
usefulness." 

THE    LECTURE. 

Dr.  Parker  introduced  his  lecture  with  the  remark, 
his  "  object  should  be  to  say  something  useful,"  and 
that  this  was  the  only  motive  that  brought  him  there. 
The  science  of  living  is  to  know  how  to  eat,  drink,  etc., 
in  order  to  make  ourselves  as  effective  agents  as  possi- 


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ble,  intellectually,  morally  and  physically.  All  God's 
universe  is  governed  by  Law,  and  so  long  as  we  act  in 
harmony  with  these  laws,  we  are  successful  in  the  main, 
we  should  be  successful  entirely.  Man's  physical 
nature  is  included  under  these  laws,  and  the  arrancine 
and  grouping  together  of  the  laws  respecting  that  nature 
constitutes  the  science  of  health.  The  object  of  educa- 
tion is  harmonious  development,  and  no  one  part  of  our 
nature  should  be  favored  to  the  neglect  of  another. 

He  denominated  our  physical  frame  a  wonderful 
piece  of  machinery,  receiving  and  throwing  off  every 
day,  and  in  order  to  a  healthy  state  the  effete  mat- 
ter must  be  kept  out  of  the  system.  To  this  end 
there  must  be  a  wise  selection  of  diet,  with  fresh  air, 
exercise,  etc.  Food  is  divided  into  three  great  classes, 
familiarly  known  as  brain  feeders,  muscle  feeders  and 
house  warmers  ;  and  the  particular  demand  of  each 
individual  varies  as  his  occupation  is  a  mental  or  phy- 
sical one,  and  as  the  zone  of  climate  in  which  he  lives. 

With  regard  to  the  disposition  of  effete  matter  he 
said,  "As  we  are  here  full  of  birth,  so  we  are  here  full 
of  death.  The  dead  matter  is  carried  off  through  the 
lungs,  the  skin,  the  kidneys  and  the  bowels." 

He  dwelt  on  the  importance  of  pure  blood,  and 
regretted  that  too  little  attention  was  paid  to  it,  even 
in  medical  colleges.  The  food  taken  into  the  system 
travels  directly  to  the  blood,  and  repairs  the  system 
throughout.  "Let  me  say  to  you,  especially  my  young 
friends,  'the  child  is  father  of  the  man,'  so  the  student 
in  college  is  the  after  man,  and  he  ought  to  be  a  man 
everywhere."  In  order  to  have  pure  blood  there  are 
certain  rules  to  be  observed  in  regard  to  the  ingcsta 


'     8 

and  egcsta.     The  food   must  be  selected  with  care  and 
with  reference  to  one's  occupation.. 

It  is  a  false  idea  that  meat  only  will  produce  healthy 
development.  Remember  that  you  eat  to  live,  not,  live 
to  eat.  Therefore  let  your  meals  be  regular,  and  eat 
moderately.  We  are  called  a  nation  of  bolters  be- 
cause of  our  haste  in  disposing-  of  a  meal.  We  ought 
to  masticate  our  food  well,  and  the  brain  should  rest 
while  we  are  eatinor.  After  a  meal,  the  stomach  should 
be  allowed  rest.  One  who  is  constantly  nibbling, 
eating  "  something  here,  and  something  there,"  will 
never  make  good  blood.  A  sensation  like  to  hun- 
ger is  often  produced  by  the  vessels  being  full  and 
wanting  to  be  relieved.  In  this  case,  the  injection  of 
a  small  ivory  ball  secured  with  a  string  will  give  relief 
as  quick  as  any  thing  else.  A  small  piece  of  a  cracker, 
however,  is  advisable.  The  food  should  be  plain  and 
simple.  Complicated  pies  and  puddings  should  be  re- 
jected, as  also  "  appetizers,"  in  the  common  understand- 
ing of  that  term.     The  only  appetizer  that  will  tell  is 

EXERCISE. 

The  effete  matter  is  carried  off  and  a  healthy  system 
is  brou<rht  about  throucrh  four  ereat  channels. 

1.  The  Lungs.  In  respiration  we  take  in  the  oxygen 
from  the  atmosphere,  but  throw  off  carbonic  acid.  This 
is  effete  matter  taken  from  the  blood.  It  is  poisonous, 
hence  close  rooms  are  to  be  avoided.     ■ 

2.  The  Skin.  A  great  deal  of  effete  matter  passes 
off  through  the  skin  in  the  form  of  insensible  perspi- 
ration. He  suggested  that  the  body  be  well  rubbed 
every  evening,  and  bathed  every  morning,  with  cold  wa- 
ter.    Clothing  should  not  be  worn  in  such  quantity  as 


to  induce  perspiration.  Caution,  also,  should  be  ob- 
served in  changing  from  one  extreme  of  temperature 
to  another. 

3.  With  regard  to  the  bowels,  he  would  simply  say, 
they  should  be  kept  open. 

4.  Of  the  kidneys,  time  would  not  then  permit  him 
to  speak. 

Light,  he  regarded  as  our  best  friend,  and  it  should 
be  permitted  to  come  into  our  houses.  Illustrations 
were  then  given,  showing  an  increased  mortality  where 
light  was  withheld,  and  also  the  benefits  derived  from 
the  sun  bath. 

In  relation  to  labor,  of  muscular  exertion,  he 
said  a  man  might  endure  from  ten  to  fifteen  hours 
in  every  twenty-four  ;  but  of  brain  work,  from  four 
to  six  hours,  if  he  works  thoroughly,  is  sufficient. 
He  urged  the  necessity  of  observing  regular  hours  in 
regard  to  sleep.  The  habit  of  turning  night  into  day, 
invariably  results  in  premature  death.  The  bad  effects 
of  this,  as  well  as  the  ne^flect  to  observe  the  seventh 
day,  has  been  most  decidedly  noticed  in  connection 
with  the  animals  drawing  city  conveyances.  Phospho- 
rus is  an  important  element  in  the  brain,  and  seems  to 
be  thrown  oft  in  the  secretion  of  the  kidneys  ;  but  if 
we  stop  and  rest,  that  wastage  is  prevented  and  recu- 
peration takes  place. 

He  then  proceeded  :  "  I  cannot  close  without  ad- 
ding a  word  more.  I  beg  to  congratulate  you  that 
you  have  made  this  great  step  looking  to  the  physical 
welfare  of  the  young  men  that  are  here.  I  desire  to 
be  truly  grateful  that  such  a  day  has  been  initiated,  at 
least  that  such  a  commencement  has  been  made,  and 


lO 

that  gentlemen  having  the  means,  are  looking  in  this 
direction.  I  can  certainly  commend  to  all  persons  their 
example  in  coming  forward  and  erecting  this  institution. 
I  am  very  glad  to  see  the  patronage  of  the  Goddess 
Hygiena.  The  old  Greeks  and  Romans  were  in  the 
habit  of  worshiping  at  her  shrine,  and  they  brought 
forth  the  great  models  of  manhood  which  have  been  the 
ideals  of  our  artists — the  models  of  the  world.  Now 
can  we  not  go  to  work  with  the  spirit  of  these  wise  men, 
who,  instead  of  holding  on  to  their  money,  have  placed 
it  where  Bonner  and  his  friend  will  be  at  work  when  we 
are  gone  ?  It  is  said  that  the  man  who  makes  two 
blades  of  grass  grow  where  one  had  formerly  grown,  is 
a  benefactor  of  mankind  ;  but  the  man  who  has  learned 
from  the  high  cultivation  of  the  horse,  how,  by  physical 
culture,  a  man  may  be  made  more  useful,  and  to  this 
end  enlarges  the  field  of  education,  he  is  more  than  a 
benefactor,  he  is  a  conservator. 

Dr.  Parker's  lecture  received  profound  attention 
throughout. 

Dr.  McCosh  then  arose,  and  remarked  that  Ex- 
President  Maclean  would  express  the  thanks  of  the 
assembly  for  the  interesting  lecture. 

Dr.  Maclean  said  : 

"In  expressing  our  cordial  thanks  to  Dr.  Parker,  I 
would  add  that  I  do  not  believe  there  is  an  individual 
here  but  what  feels  that  he  has  received  instruction, 
and  such  instruction,  that,  if  it  had  been  given  years 
ago,  might  haye  been  of  service  to  some  of  us  who 
have  grown  gray.  My  own  knowledge  is  such  as  to 
satisfy  me  of  the  excellence  of  the  advice  given,  and  I 
do  hope  the  young  gendemen  will  bear  in  mind  the 


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instruction  given  on  this  occasion.  They  cannot  give 
too  great  heed  to  it ;'  and,  though  I  do  not  place  the 
physical  on  the  same  footing  with  the  moral  and 
mental,  believing  the  heart  to  be  first,  the  head  next, 
and  the  body  third,  and  if  one  must  give  away,  the 
body  ;  yet  there  is  no  necessary  collision.  They  can 
all  be  attended  to.  Our  hearts  and  minds  will  be 
improved  by  attention  to  our  physical  system.  But  I 
arose  to  express  merely  the  thanks  of  the  assembly." 

AFTERNOON  PROCEEDINGS. 

The  rush  for  the  Gymnasium  in  the  afternoon  at  one 
time  threatened  to  interfere  with  the  passage  of  the 
procession.  Room,  however,  was  found  for  all,  the 
ladies  having  the  exclusive  privilege  of  the  galleries. 

The  exercises  were  opened  by  a  short  and  fervent 
prayer  of  dedication  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Hodge  of  the 
Theological  Seminary. 

President  McCosh  then  made  the  following  address  : 

My  statement  is  to  be  simply  explanatory.  The 
highest  object  of  our  meeting  this  day  is  to  show  our 
gratitude  to  our  friends.  The  public  have  nobly  ral 
lied  round  our  college  at  this  juncture.  Parents  and 
guardians  have  committed  330  fme  youths  to  our  care. 
Our  entrance  this  year  is  125,  the  largest  in  the  history 
of  the  college.  Friends  have  generously  placed  funds 
at  our  disposal  to  enable  us  to  carry  on  our  work.  I 
shall  not  dwell  on  the  sums  contributed  at  an  earlier 
date,  such  as  the  ^60,000  expended  by  Gen.  Halsted 
in  erecting  an  Observatory,  and  the  ^70,000  subscribed 
to  endow  the  office  and  furnish  the  house  of  the  Presi- 
dent ^ —  these  sums  have    all  been  publicly  intimated 


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before.  But  you  will  allow  me  a  few  minutes  to  specify 
the  gifts  which  we  have  received  during  the  past  year 
and  a  quarter. 

I  must  always  feel  a  special  pride  in  the  first  con- 
tribution to  the  College  after  my  arrival  in  this  coun> 
try.  In  my  inaugural  lecture  I  uttered  a  few  sen- 
tences on  the  benefit  and  importance  of  physical 
culture,  and  this  was  met  by  a  hearty  cheer  from  the 
students.  I  ventured  for  the  moment  to  become  a 
prophet,  and  declared  that  that  expression  of  feeling 
would  bring  with  it  a  fulfilment.  There  was  present  a 
gentleman,  at  that  time  personally  unknown  to  me, 
with  a  warm  Irish  heart  burning  in  his  bosom,  which 
could  not  resist  the  appeal  made,  and,  as  he  always 
executes  what  he  intends,  he  at  once  intimated  his 
willingness  to  give  ^lo.ooo,  to  assist  in  building  a  gym- 
nasium for  strengthening  the  bodily  frame  and  promot- 
ing the  health  of  the  students  of  this  College.  There 
was  another  gentleman  present  with  a  fine  academic 
taste,  cherished  in  the  bustle  of  a  business  life,  and 
with  a  heart  equally  capable  of  being  moved  by  gene- 
rous impulses,  and  he  engaged  to  give  a  like  sum.  It 
was  a  large  sum  to  give  for  a  gymnasium,  5^20,000  ;  but 
the  gentlemen  meant  to  do  a  handsome  deed  to  the 
students,  and  without  any  one  urging  them  they  en- 
larged their  gift,  and  have  erected  a  structure  which, 
with  the  ground  on  which  it  stands,  has  cost  ^38,000. 
The  edifice,  which  does  such  credit  to  the  fine  taste  of 
the  eminent  architect,  and  the  energy  of  the  contractor 
is  worthy  of  the  price  which  has  been  paid  for  it ;  and 
as  you  see  it  here  to-day  on  its  beautiful  site,  it  is, 
externally  and  internally,  the  finest  gymnasium  in  the 


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United  States — I  believe  it  is  the  finest  in  the  world. 

Moved  by  such  an  example,  the  friends  of  the  College 
began  to  bestir  themselves  all  over  the  country.  Alumni 
Associations  were  formed  in  many  of  our  important 
cities,  and  graduates  showed  how  deep  their  affection 
was  for  their  Alma  Mater.  Philadelphia  has  sent  us 
$10,000  for  important  ends  chosen  by  itself,  and  holds  out 
the  hope  that  this  may  be  only  the  beginning  of  its  contri- 
butions. L^our  gentlemen  in  New  York  have  given  us 
*^4,ooo  to  help  to  endow  the  chair  of  Modern  Langua- 
ges, to  which  a  number  of  gentlemen,  scattered  chiefly 
through  New  Jersey,  have  added  5^2,000. 

It  is  very  pleasant  to  find  that  thefamilyof  a  late  Profes- 
sor in  this  College  have  contributed  5^30,000  to  endow  a 
chair  of  Mathematics  to  be  called  after  their  father. 
There  was  never  a  gift  bestowed  on  this  College  which 
has  given  such  gratification  to  the  Alumni.  Prof  Dod 
was  about  the  most  brilliant  Professor  among  the  many 
brilliant  Professors  which  this  College  has  had  in  its 
service.  We  do  rejoice  to  find  that  a  name  so  dear  to 
the  fathers  of  the  rising  generation  is  to  be  handed 
down  to  their  children.  It  has  now  been  secured  that 
when  the  young  men  come  up  year  after  year  to  this 
College,  and  are  placed  under  the  Dod  Professor  of 
Mathematics,  and  ask  what  mean  ye  by  this  designa- 
tion, they  will  be  told  that  in  the  days  of  their  fathers 
there  lived  one  who  imparted  life  to  all  who  came  in 
contact  with  him,  who  left  his  impress  on  all  the  young 
men  who  studied  under  him,  so  that  all  their  lives  they 
spoke  of  him  with  boundless  enthusiasm.  His  family, 
out  of  love  to  him  and  love  to  the  College,  have  pro- 
vided that  his  name  shall  live  here  forever,  and  that  he 


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being  dead  shall  yet  speak  unto  us.  There  were 
giants  in  the  College  in  those  days.  It  was  the  time 
when  Dr.  James  Alexander,  Dr.  Henry  and  Professor 
Dod  were  united  in  a  constellation  which  we  ever  look 
up  to  as  the  brightest  part  in  our  sky.  We  feel  our 
inferiority  to  them,  but  we  look  up  to  them  with  admi- 
ration, and  encouraged  by  their  success,  we  will  strive 
to  make  our  College  as  intellectually  bright  as  it  was 
in  their  time. 

A  new  kind  of  gift  has  begun  to  flow  in  upon  us. 
A  set  of  energetic  young  men  constituting  the  Class  of 
1859  has  raised  and  paid  ^2,000  to  provide  a  Prize  for 
eminence  in  English  Composition  and  English  Liter- 
ature. An  eminent  Judge,  a  citizen  of  our  own, 
who  has  so  beautified  a  place  in  this  neighborhood, 
which  he  does  not  keep  to  himself,  but  allows  the  pub- 
lic to  enjoy,  has  initiated  a  method  of  promoting  higher 
learning  in  our  institution,  which  will  extend  in  this 
College  and  extend  to  other  Colleges,  till  American 
colleges  become  as  famous  for  their  scholarship  as  any 
other  colleofes  in  the  world.  It  was  interesting  to  me 
to  fmd  that  Judge  Field  in  endowing  our  first  new 
Fellowship  chose  as  his  department,  not  the  practical 
"bread  and  butter"  branches,  which  have  a  sufficient 
remuneration  in  the  money  they  bring,  but  Classical 
Learning,  whose  higher  reward  is  the  refinement  and 
culture  which  it  produces  and  fosters.  Catching  the 
spirit  abroad,  the  Class  of  i860  proposes  to  surpass  the 
Class  of  1859,  and  has  published  its  intention  to  raise 
^10,000  for  the  endowment  of  another  Fellowship. 

I  have  yet  to  refer  to  anothermunificentdonation.  We 
owe  it  quite  as  much  to  the  dead  as  to  the  living.    The 


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living  have  bestowed  it,  but  in  memory  of  the  departed. 
In  this  neighborhood  there  Hved  a  mother  who  shunned 
pubhcity,  who  never  courted  fame,  but  whose  name 
notwithstanding  will  2:0  down  throuo-h  all  agres  in  con- 
nection  with  this  College.  That  mother  reared  sons 
who  are  bent  on  showing  that  under  God  they  owe  to 
her  the  great  eminence  which  they  have  reached,  and 
the  high  and  honorable  character  they  have  maintained. 
One  of  that  lady's  sons  has  by  a  judicious  gift'enabled 
us  to  keep  open  this  past  year  our  library  every  day 
for  the  good  of  our  students,  and  has  devoted  a  sum  to 
enable  us  at  the  close  of  this  year  to  reward  and 
encourage  the  student  who  stands  highest  in  mental 
philosophy.  Another  son  has  bestowed  the  largest 
eift  which  this  Colleo-e  has  ever  received.  In  addition 
to  ^100,000  contributed  two  years,  ago,  Mr.  John  C. 
Green  has  gifted  to  us  another  ^5q,ooo  a  few  weeks 
ago,  making  in  all  ^150,000.  You  know  what  a  part 
of  it  is  devoted  to,  for  you  see  it  in  the  noble  new 
Recitation  Rooms  rising  up  on  our  grounds,  the  finest,  I 
believe,  in  America ;  and  the  rest  of  the  money  is  allotted 
to  the  purchase  of  high  class  books  and  the  permanent 
good  of  the  College  buildings  and  the  College.  The 
whole  gift  is  to  be  called  in  memory  of  that  mother,  the 
Elizabeth  Foundation.  There  will  be  other  means  and 
opportunities  of  showing  our  gratitude  to  some  of  these 
benefactors.  There  are  other  names  that  I  should 
wish  to  mention,  but  I  must  forbear.  Only  I  must  yet 
refer  to  two  gentlemen  who  have  ever  been  ready  to 
aid  us  by  their  active  and  disinterested  exertions,  with 
their  purse  and  their  wise  counsel.  No  one  but  myself 
knows  what  Mr.  H.  M.  Alexander  and  the  Honorable 


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John  A.  Stewart  have  done  for  our  College  during  the 
last  year.  I  feel  that  without  them  we  could  not  have 
done  half  of  what  has  been  done. 

But  I  must  turn  for  a  very  brief  space  to  the  more 
special  end  of  our  meeting.  We  dedicate  this  building 
under  God  to  the  benefit  of  the  students  now  present 
and  the  students  of  all  future  times,  for  the  jiromotion 
of  their  health  and  physical  culture.  Certain  regula- 
tions will  be  laid  down  in  regard  to  the.  use  of  the 
building  to  prevent  confusion  and  enable  all  to  profit 
by  the  exercises.  These  have  been  founded  on  those 
which  have  stood  the  test  of  experience  in  Amherst 
and  other  Colleges,  and  they  may  be  amended  from 
time  to  time.  We  will  require  all  the  students,  except 
those  who  may  be  excused  by  the  Faculty  at  the  re- 
quest of  their  parents,  to  exercise  two  half  hours  a  week 
in  this  gymnasium  at  the  lighter  exercises  ;  and  those 
who  wish  it  will  be  asked  and  encourac^ed  to  take  two 
other  half  hours  at  heavier  work  ;  and  students  will  be 
allowed  to  come  here  at  other  hours  not  beincr  recita- 
tion  or  study  hours.  The  whole  will  be  under  the 
management  and  control  of  Mr.  Goldie,  the  experienced 
gymnast,  who  has  been  chosen  as  Superintendent. 
When  we  look  at  this  edifice,  I  am  sure  we  must  all 
feel  a  pride  in  keeping  up  its  beauty,  and  so  we  must 
part  with  all  those  customs  derived,  I  suppose,  through 
our  British  forefathers — from  the  Goths  and  Vandals — 
of  cutting,  and  carving,  and  blackening  what  needs  no 
such  barbarous  ornaments.  We  should  all  feel  asham- 
ed of  ourselves  if  our  generous  friends  were  to  come 
down  to  us  at  Commencement,  or  any  other  time,  and 
find  this  beautiful  building  defaced. 


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But  our  present  duty  is  to  show  our  appreciation  of 
the  great  kindness  we  have  received  from  Mr.  Bonner 
and  Mr.  Marquand.  All  who  know  him,  love  Mr. 
Bonner  for  his  noble  and  generous  heart,  ever  going 
forth  in  deeds  of  kindness,  many  of  which  the  world 
will  never  know.  I  have  been  led  in  my  intercourse 
with  him  to  cherish  the  deepest  regard  for  Mr.  Mar- 
quand, for  his  refinement  of  mind  and  cultivated  literary 
tastes  cherished  in  the  midst  of  a  busy  mercantile  life. 
His  interest  in  this  College  arises  from  the  circum- 
stance that  he  looks  upon  it  as  fitted  to  promote  the 
intelligence  and  culture  of  the  country.  At  our  invita- 
tion these  gentlemen  have  favored  us  with  their  pres- 
ence to-day  ;  and  the  students  who  cheered  the  very 
proposal  to  have  a  gymnasium  will  give  forth  a  double 
cheer  at  its  completion,  and  a  triple  cheer  to  the  two 
liberal  friends  who  have  gratified  their  wishes  to  an 
extent  which  they  never  contemplated. 

ADDRESS    ON    BEHALF    OF    THE    STUDENTS. 

Mr.  D.  R.  Sessions,  of  South  Carolina,  delivered  an 
Address  on  "  The  Importance  of  Physical  Development 
to  Mental  Culture,"  as  follows: 

Mr.  President,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen  : — I  would 
endeavor  to  express,  on  the  part  of  my  fellow-students, 
the  profound  gratitude  which  we  feel  towards  our 
benefactors,  Messrs.  Robert  Bonner  and  Henry  G. 
Marquand,  for  the  gift  of  this  most  elegant  and  useful 
building.  To-day  we  celebrate  the  erection  of  a  mon- 
ument to  their  honor  and  glory  which,  instead  of  suffer- 
ing from  the  injuries  of  time,  is  destined — a  thing  of 
life — to  grow  and  expand  in  beautiful  proportions.    Do 


not  imagine  that  I  refer  to  the  material  structure  in 
which  we  are  assembled,  whatever  its  solidity  and 
magnificence.  No,  the  hand  of  an  Epaphroditus  may 
reduce  it  to  ashes  ;  the  pitiless  ocean  may  draw  near 
and  sap  its  foundations  ;  the  earth  herself,  as  it  were, 
in  very  jealousy  at  the  curious  shapes  and  combinations 
into  which  the  art  of  man  has  forced  her  elements,  may 
open  and  swallow  up  the  product  of  so  much  pains 
and  toil.  Do  not  misapprehend  me  :  their  monument 
is  immaterial — a  spiritual  tree  whose  roots  are  buried 
in  the  hearts  of  the  students  and  friends  of  Nassau 
Hall.  The  foliage  of  that  tree  now  fresh  and  luxuriant 
can  never  wither  or  grow  less  while  nourished  by  such 
immortal  sap.  Our  college  is  a  national  institution  and 
our  friends  are  friends  of  the  nation.  From  Maine  to 
Texas,  from  New  Jersey  to  California,  a  hearty  welcome 
will  always  attend  our  noble  benefactors  while  living: 
and  when  they  shall  have  passed  "that  bourne  whence 
no  traveler  returns,"  the  memory  of  the  deed  which  we 
this  day  commemorate,  shall  be  cherished  with  feelings 
of  the  profoundest  gratitude  and  love. 

The  munificence  of  our  friends  in  constructing  this 
gymnasium  for  our  benefit  naturally  suggests  the 
thought,  What  is  the  importance  of  physical  develop- 
ment to  mental  culture  ?  This  person  of  ours,  with 
all  its  diversified  talents,  mental  and  physical,  is  a  unit. 
^o  fully  understand  the  bond  of  this  union  is  impossi- 
ble. The  heaped  up  observations  of  ages,  and  the 
profoundest  reasoning,  alike  have  been  wasted  in 
attempts  to  solve  the  mysterious  problem.  Our  know- 
ledge of  self  finds  its  limit  in  the  vague,  unsatisfactory 
words,    "fearfully    and    wonderfully   made."      But  we 


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have  learned,  and  the  appreciation  of  that  lesson  marks 
an  important  epoch  in  our  college  history — we  have 
learned  that  body  and  mind  are  one,  and  must  be  de- 
veloped in  their  nature  as  such,  and  not  hy  frag'iileiits. 
Man  must  grow  up  harmoniously  if  he  would  rise  to 
usefulness,  and  master  the  high  destiny  which  his  Cre- 
ator has  promised  him.  Trunk,  branch,  and  foliage, 
like  the  tree,  must  be  simultaneously  developed  and 
expanded. 

Now  there  are  two  manifest  laws  of  our  constitution 
which  we  should  not  disregard.  By  observing  them 
we  find  our  happiness  promoted,  and  our  ideas  of  the 
Supreme  Being  elevated.  First ;  in  proportion  as  the 
physical  nature  of  man  is  healthily  developed,  he  will 
derive  important  aids  to  the  intellect  and  moral  pow- 
ers. The  best  educators  of  the  world  have  approved 
of  this  law,  and  its  converse  of  equal  importance.  The 
Gymnasia  at  Athens  became  the  temples  of  the  Graces. 
Their  halls,  baths  and  porticos  were  crowded  with  the 
votaries  of  every  art  and  science.  Such  scenes  marked 
the  Academy  where  Plato  taught,  and  the  Lyceum 
where  Aristotle  lectured.  Then  and  there  physical 
education  began  with  life  and  constantly  augmented 
its  force.  ''  Every  festival  was  made  enchanting  with 
flowers  and  music :  the  barge  as  it  was  pushed  on  the 
lake  in  boyish  sport  was  crowded  with  garlands  :  the 
oars  moved  to  the  sound  of  'sweet  recorders':  and 
the  patriotic  mother  sang  inspiring  lullabies  as  she 
rocked  her  infant  to  sleep  on  the  broad  shield  of  its 
father." 

But  passing  from  the  Greeks  we  find  examples  in 
modern   times  to  illustrate  the  wholesome  and  genial 


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influence  of  physical  development  on  the  faculties  of 
the  mind.  Who  can  estimate  the  influence  that  foot- 
ball at  Rugby,  regatta  at  Eaton,  bowling  at  Harrow, 
and  cricket  at  Westminster,  combined  with  the  vigorous 
sports  at  Oxford  and  Cambridge,  have  had  in  produc- 
ino-  the  most  elerant  and  able  bodied  scholars  of  the 
world  ? 

But  what  has  been  the  course  of  our  American  col- 
leges with  respect  to  this  most  important  branch  of 
manly  education.  Unfortunately,  the  fact  that  the 
highest  mental  culture  may  be  combined  with  greatest 
physical  development,  has  been  practically  ignored. 
The  wasted  frames  of  our  best  students  and  professors 
tell  their  own  tale.  The  most  brilliant  talent  and  un- 
tiring industry  alike  have  too  often  shone  for  a  while 
with  sickly  glare,  and  before  the  real  work  of  life  be- 
gan, have  sunk  into  obscurity  and  uselessness.  The 
want  of  the  balancing  and  sustaining  power  of  physical 
education  has  been  long  and  severely  felt  among  us. 
Is  it  not  a  fact,  that  our  first  honors  for  this  reason  are 
not  wx\{r^Q(}\^n\}iy  fatal  prizes  rather  than  blessings  f 

What  do  you  call  a  complete  and  generous  educa- 
tion ?  It  can  be  nothing  short  of  "  that  which  fits  a 
man  to  perform  justly,  skilfully  and  magnanimously, 
all  the  offices,  both  private  and  public,  of  peace  and 
war." 

To  educate  is  to  develop :  not  to  make  one  all  Greek: 
another  all  mathematics  :  it  is  to  unfold  a  via7i  indeed, 
all  developed  :  a  pupil  is  educated  when  he  is  made  a 
hero  ill  his  own  iudividiialiiy  :  a  ^ovX  friiitf id '\n  grand 
results,  and  powerful  in  acts.  The  time  has  come  in 
the  progress  of  society,  especially  in  our  own   country. 


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wherever  the  storm  of  conflicting  opinions  and  interests 
is  constantly  rife,  when  a  thorough  manly  education  is 
imperiously  demanded.  The  question  of  pedants  and 
bigots  as  to  what  you  know  comes  at  present  from  afar. 
It  dies  away,  and  is  lost  in  echo  before  it  reaches  the 
great  battle  field  of  life.  The  grand  issue  now  forces 
itself  upon  us :  "  What  can  you  do  ?  "  It  is  on  this 
issue,  and  on  this  pre-eminently,  that  we  are  to  stand 
among  our  fellow-countrymen  in  honor,  or  fall  dis- 
graced. 

Let  us  then  not  fail  to  appreciate  this  most  valuable 
aid  to  the  acquirement  of  a  manly  education.  Out  of 
the  many  and  attractive  modes  of  exercise  here  afford- 
ed, each  of  us  can  select  whatever  is  most  adapted  to 
his  strength,  and  congenial  to  his  taste.  Do  not  let 
the  golden  opportunity  escape  us.  Let  us  look  beyond 
the  present.  We  are  soon  to  become  citizens  of  a 
great  republic.  Whatever  our  calling  in  life  may  be, 
it  is  indispensable  to  the  highest  success  therein  that 
every  faculty  of  our  nature  be  developed  and  brought 
into  action.  Let  us  not  go  out  into  the  world  stuffed 
with  learning  which  we  have  neither  the  energy  nor  the 
streng  to  2ise.  "Let  us  be  in  the  eye  of  every  exercise." 
Let  us  be  devout  students  in  the  great  university  of 
nature,  where  we  may  gather  such  materials  as  dogmat- 
ism and  "dried  preparations"  never  afford.  We  will  not 
then  be  numbered  with  that  unfortunate  class  whose 
"hand"  hangs  like  dead  bone  within  its  withered  skin — 
the  feeble  flickerings  of  whose  mind  are  but  "a  gilded 
halo  hovering  around  decay." 

Let  us  show  our  benefactors  how  much  we  appreciate 
this  gift  hyiising  it  with  a  zc/Z/and  2. purpocs.     And  let 


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US  always  hold  in  remembrance  that  "  the  grand  object 
of  schooling-  is  never  obtained  until  all  the  price- 
less powers  of  our  nature  are  fortified  and  quick- 
ened by  the  true,  the  beautiful,  the  good  and  the 
grand :  until  each  faculty  in  its  own  place  and  propor- 
tion is  thoj'migJily  trained  ;  until  our  physical  and  men- 
tal energies  are  moulded  into  a  symmetrical  zaho/e,  of 
the  purest,  holiest,  and  most  enchanting  harmony." 

ADDRESS    BY    REV.    SAMUEL    B.    DOD. 

Rev.  Samuel  B.  Dod  being  introduced,  spoke  as  fol- 
lows : 

The  alumni  of  Princeton  have  reason  to  take  up  the 
old  song  with  which  the  Jew  went  up  to  worship  at  his 
holy  city ;  and  in  the  name  of  this  old  College,  I  say 
*'  Peace  be  within  thy  walls  and  prosperity  within  thy 
gates." 

I  feel  that  I  owe  a  debt  of  srratitude  to  this  College 
that  now  permits  me,  the  child  of  a  father  once  so  well 
known  here,  to  link  his  name  with  an  institution  that 
shall  stand  as  long  as  America  exists.  I  owe  a  debt  of 
gratitude,  in  that  when  his  life  went  out  in  early  man- 
hood it  was  not  lost,  but  it  is  now  written  with  and 
intertwined  with  the  illustrious  name  of  Nassau  Hall. 
I  feel  that  we  owe  thanks  to  the  College,  to  the  trus- 
tees of  the  College,  fully  as  great  as  those  which  they 
owe  to  us. 

I  was  particularly  glad  to  hear,  in  the  speech  of  the 
President,  that  the  aliumii  were  exerting  themselves  to 
do  something  in  behalf  of  the  College.  It  is  to  the 
management  of  the  Trustees  we  owe  it  that  so  many 
outside  of  our  alumni  have  been  moved  to  exert  them- 


selves  in  its  behalf,  and  have  been  so  generous  in  their 
gifts.  As  we  return  and  see  its  growth  and  prosperity 
we  cannot  but  rejoice,  no  matter  from  what  source  the 
gifts  may  have  come.  But  the  alunini  should  be  stir- 
ring themselves  in  behalf  of  their  honored  Alma  A'latcr. 
Oh  what  a  glorious  history  has  Nassau  Hall !  The 
names  of  those  men  whose  bodies  lie  beneath  the  sod 
of  yonder  graveyard  remind  us,  what  a  glorious  past 
was  hers  !  These  men  now  guiding  the  destinies  of 
the  College  show  us  what  a  glorious  present  belongs 
to  Nassau  Hall !  And  this  body  of  young  men  shows 
us  what  is  the  glorious  future  of  Nassau  Hall ! 

In  this  old  College,  this  seat  of  learning,  not  only  the 
principles  of  nature  but  the  higher  principles  of  divine 
truth  are  steadfastly  laid  before  your  minds — not  mere- 
ly the  law  which  science  could  give  you,  but  the  law  of 
God  to  follow  you  into  the  turbid  waters  of  business, 
and  into  the  cares  and  responsibilities  of  social  life. 
What  promise  is  there  not  for  our  country  when  we 
see  so  powerful  a  fountain  ever  enlarging  the  stream 
which  it  sends  forth — to  the  ministry,  to  the  bar,  to  the 
cabinet,  to  the  halls  of  our  legislative  assemblies  ? 

And  now  when  everything  is  so  favorable,  when  the 
College  has  such  an  iiupctiis  as  it  has,  it  is  the  duty  first 
of  all  that  the  College  Ahiunii  should  exert  themselves 
more  earnestly,  and  follow  up  the  admirable  system 
already  begun.  To  you,  young  gentlemen,  that  are 
here  to  partake  of  these  ample  facilities  for  improve- 
ment, do  we  look  to  make  the  future  of  Nassau  Hall 
even  more  glorious  than  her  noble  past ! 

CHANCELLOR    GREEN's    ADDRESS    OF    THANKS. 

At  the  request  of  your  President,  in  the  name  of  the 


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alumni  of  the  College  of  New  Jersey;  in  behalf  of  its 
graduates,  in  behalf  of  the  body  of  Trustees,  we  return 
thanks  for  this  noble  structure,  for  this  o-enerous  favor- 
ine  of  our  beloved  Alma  Mater.  Pardon  me  for  a 
short  diversion. 

Fifty-two  years  ago  I  entered  this  College  a  boy  of 
fourteen  years  of  age.  In  the  year  1820,  fifty  years 
ago,  in  impaired  health  I  took  my  degree  in  this  Col- 
lege, I  had  obtained  an  honor,  but  I  had  laid  the 
foundation  of  a  life-time  of  agony,  I  came  here  in 
perfect  health.  From  that  time  to  this  I  have  not  en- 
joyed one  hour  of  perfect  health,  I  have  done  my  life's 
work  under  labor,  in  weary  agony,  merely  because  I 
had  no  such  instruction  as  this,  and  no  such  men  to 
teach  me  wisdom.  Let  me  say  in  all  earnestness, 
young  men,  this  is  no  play  house.  There  is  no  profic- 
iency in  College,  in  my  judgment,  that  could  not  better 
be  dispensed  with  than  this.  With  all  respect  to  the 
President  and  his  associates,  I  value  this  institution 
as  highly  as  any  other,  and  it  will  be  of  as  great  benefit 
to  you.  You  may  think  this  strange.  Why,  in  the 
gymnasiums  of  Greece  and  Rome,  there  letters  were 
taught !  There,  too,  they  were  developed  as  men.  It 
was  at  the  gymnasium  Rome  made  men.  It  made 
scholars,  it  is  true,  but  it  made  strong  hearted  men, 
bold  to  battle. 

Now  gentlemen  this  is  the  benefit  I  want  this  gym- 
nasium to  confer  upon  you.  They  say  it  cost  forty 
thousand  dollars,  a  very  large  sum  no  doubt,  but  I  ask 
this  audience  what  it  would  have  been  worth  if  we 
could  have  added  ten  years  to  the  Alexander's,  and  the 
Dod's  ?     It  would  have  been  worth  twenty  gymnasiums, 


if  you  could  have  added  ten  years  to  the  Hves  of  our 
scholars.  On  the  Rhine,  twelve  years  ago,  I  met  an 
old  English  scholar.  He  was  eighty  years  of  age, 
and  with  a  body  having  all  the  elasticity  of  youth.  I 
asked  him  about  Lord  Lindsley,  then  past  seventy 
years  of  age.  He  replied  :  "A  boy,  I  shall  show  you  a 
letter  written  by  him  a  few  days  before  sailing."  It 
was  as  beautifully  written  as  any  you  ever  saw.  There 
were  two  English  scholars  in  good  health — mine  was 
broken  down.  You  may  draw  an  inference  from 
that  simple  fact.  If  you  use  this  building  right,  like 
Miller  did,  like  Sanders,  like  many  others  among  us, 
you  will  aid  dying  men. 

ROBERT  Bonner's  address. 

At  the  conclusion  of  Chancellor  Green's  address,  Dr. 
McCosh  led  forward  Mr.  Bonner,  who  was  received 
with  loud  cheers.     He  spoke  as  follows : 

I  expected  to  be  called  upon  for  a  speech.  In  fact, 
I  was  notified  that  I  should  be  ;  and  what  is  somewhat 
unusual  with  speech  makers,  if  their  own  statements 
are  to  be  credited,  I  have  come  fully  prepared  for  the 
occasion.  And  the  necessity  which  I  have  felt  for  this 
preparation,  and  the  innumerable  shortcomings  which 
I  have  observed  in  public  discourses,  have  suggested 
to  me  that  there  is  no  more  useful  lesson  which  I  could 
possibly  impress  upon  the  minds  of  the  young  gentle- 
men here  than  the  importance  of  preparation.  Your 
whole  business  in  college,  my  young  friends,  is  prepa- 
ration for  the  duties  of  life — preparation  in  body,  pre- 
paration in  mind.  You  are  in  training  here,  and  if  the 
training  is  neglected,  you  will  feel  the  great  disadvan- 


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tage  of  that  neglect  throughout  the  whole  race  of  life. 
To  those  of  you  who  are  to  be  professional  men,  and 
whose  duty  in  life  will  consist  in  great  part  in  public 
speaking,  I  wish  to  urge  most  emphatically,  most  feel- 
ingly, the  absolute  necessity  of  preparation.  Spare, 
oh  spare,  your  future  hearers,  the  tedium,  the  dullness^ 
the  weariness  which  results  from  the  want  of  prepara- 
tion. Be  prepared  ;  and  then — pro\^ided  always  you 
have  some  natural  stuff  in  you — you  can  speak  briefly 
and  to  the  point.  This  is  the  great  desideratum  in 
public  speaking.  The  next  thing  to  learn  is — and  all 
that  I  have  to  say  on  that  point  I  compress  into  one 
line — leave  off  when  you  have  clone,  as  I  do  now. 

ADDRESS    BY    H.    G.    MAR(^UAND, 

H.  G.  Marquand,  Esq.,  being  presented,  was  also 
warmly  received.      He  said  : 

As  I  stand  before  you,  I  represent  one  who  has  neg- 
lected to  follow  such  excellent  advice  as  that  given  by 
Dr.  Parker  this  morning.  I  have  suffered  very  much 
from  the  want  of  just  such  a  building  as  this,  and  the 
good  advice  of  my  superiors  to  take  exercise.  I  have 
come  from  a  mathematical  atmosphere,  and  never  made 
a  speech  in  my  life,  and  the  thanks  I  would  express 
swell  up  my  throat  and  almost  prevent  utterance.  But 
I  cannot  help  referring  to  what  my  friend  Mr.  Stewart, 
and  a  eood  Stewart  he  is,  once  said  to  me  in  a  conver- 
sation  about  Princeton.  It  was  this  "  What  we  most 
want  in  Princeton  is  a  good  gymnasium."  We  get 
such  hints  every  day,  and  they  are  as  often  unheeded. 
But  I  once  sent  a  puny,  weak  boy  to  a  school  in  New 
England  with  many  misgivings  whether  he  would  live. 


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After  two  or  three  years  he  came  home  strong  and 
hearty,  and  with  his  muscles  well  developed.  From 
this  circumstance  the  hint  thrown  out  by  my  friend 
Stewart  made  a  lodgment,  though  I  did  not  so  signify 
to  him  at  that  time.  It  worked  in  my  mind  for  many 
weeks.  Your  President  came  to  this  country  and 
kindled  a  spark  ;  and  at  the  inauguration  Mr.  Bonner 
in  his  peculiar  manner,  "  ten  thousand,  who  will  give 
another  ten  ?"  waked  me  up. 

This  is  the  history  of  my  connection  with  this  insti- 
tution. I  am  happy  to  see  the  building  completed 
which  promises  to  be  so  great  a  success  and  accomplish 
so  much  good.  Its  use  is  especially  urged  on  all  who 
would  be  our  future  ministers  and  orators  ;  but  more 
particularly  on  those  now  around  me,  that  you  may 
have  good  sound  bodies. 

As  I  told  you,  I  came  from  a  mathematical  atmos- 
phere. This  College  does  not  stand  debtor  to  a  few 
greenbacks  !  By  the  history  of  the  Tennents,  men 
wise  and  sound  in  theology,  and  who  laid  the  founda- 
tion for  all  this  superior  education  you  have  to  do  with, 
credit  an  indefinite  sum  !  By  the  work  of  Witherspoon 
which  shall  live  after  me  and  my  children,  credit  an 
indefinite  amount!  By  the  literary  culture  of  such 
men  as  the  Alexanders,  the  Greens,  an  indefinite 
amount !  The  present  honorable  association  with  your 
institution,  an  indefinite  amount !  Indeed,  I  find  the 
page  swelled  to  such  proportions,  that  I  close  the 
account  your  debtor,  and  returning  thanks,  say  Adieu! 


ANOTHER  DONATION. 

Since  the  meeting  at  the  opening  of  the  Gymnasium 
jay  Cooke,  Esq.,  the  distinguished  banker  of  Philadel- 
phia, has  generously  devoted  the  interest  of  ^10,000  to 
a  Mathematical  Fellowship  in  the  College  of  New 
Jersey^ 


